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Scientia Horticulturae

Volume 40, Issue 3, October 1989, Pages 181-188
Scientia Horticulturae

Micropropagation of banana from male floral apices cultured in vitro☆

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Abstract

Excised floral apices of banana cultivars ‘Chandrabale’, ‘Rasthali’ (syn. ‘Silk’) and ‘Robusta’ were cultured on Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with cytokinins and auxins. These cultures reverted to the vegetative state and produced a mass of green leafy shoots which were kept in a state of active growth by systematic subculturing. Male flower clusters at different stages of development located on the peduncle subtending and distal to the meristematic zone reverted to vegetative state when cultured in vitro.

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